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 must suddenly slip out the end or eornercorner [sic], putting up the knot of your handkerchief with your forefinger and thumb, as you would put up the aforesaid knot of your bridle; than deliver the same covered and wrapt within the midst of the handkerchief to one to hold fast, and after pronouncing some words of art, take the handkerchief and shake it, and it will be loose.

How to take three Button Moulds off two Strings.

Take two little whipcords of two feet long apieeeapiece [sic], double them equally so as there may appear four ends; then take three button moulds, the hole of one of them must be bigger than the rest, and put one button mould upon the eye or bout of the one eordcord [sic], and another on the other cord; than take the button mould with the greatest hole, and let both the bouts be hiden therein; whiehwhich [sic] may be the better done if you put the eye or bout of the one into the eye or bout of the other; then pull the middle button upon the same being doubled over his fellow, so will the heads seem to be put over the two eordscords [sic], you may loose them as you list, and make it seem manifest to the beholders, whiehwhich [sic] may not see how they are done, but that the buttons are put upon the two cords without any fraud, then must you seem to add a more affeetualaffectual [sic] binding of those buttons to the strings, and make a one half of a knot, with one of the ends of each side, which is for no other purpose, but that when the buttons be taken away, the eordscords [sic] may be seen in the case, whiehwhich [sic] the beholders suppose them to be in before, for when you have made your half knots, which in any wise you may not double to make